a quick way of writing that usessymbols to represent letters, words, or phrases, used especially when you write what someone is saying as they are talking速记(法)
Will they teach you to take shorthand (=write using shorthand)? 他们会教你速记吗?
1system of writing書寫方法VERB + SHORTHAND | SHORTHAND + NOUNVERB + SHORTHAND➤learn學習速記➤do, take做速記◇Her secretary was taking shorthand.她的秘書正在做速記。➤take sth down in, write sth down in用速記記錄⋯◇He took the speech down in shorthand.他用速記方式記下了演講內容。SHORTHAND + NOUN➤typist, writer (both BrE) 速記員◇A shorthand writer will make a transcript.速記員會根據速記記錄整理出文字稿。➤notes速記筆記▸➤notation速記符號shorthand
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2quick way of talking about sth簡略的表達方式ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHORTHAND | SHORTHAND + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤convenient, useful方便的/有用的簡稱➤visual視覺符號VERB + SHORTHAND➤use sth as用⋯作為簡稱➤become成為簡稱◇Smoking became visual shorthand for 'cool and rebellious'.吸煙成了“耍酷和叛逆”的視覺代碼。◇Television drama had become popular shorthand for gloominess.電視劇已經成為悲觀消極的流行代碼。SHORTHAND + NOUN➤description, term簡稱;代名詞◇'Free trade' was a shorthand term for a whole ideology.“自由貿易”是整個思想體系的簡稱。➤way簡略方法◇a shorthand way of talking about this situation談論這一狀況的簡略方法PREPOSITION➤shorthand for⋯的簡稱◇The term 'machine' is used as convenient shorthand for the total hardware and software system.“機器”這個詞被用作整個軟硬件系統的簡便名稱。